149th Street & 11th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 11th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/11 Av, is 660 feet away for the Q15, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

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149th Street & 11th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 150 St/11 Av, 660 feet away, for the Q15.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 150 St/11 Av Q15
    660 feet
    Q15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone, Holy Cross Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Qsac Inc Whitestone School
    930 feet
  3. Up N Top Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
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  1. Precious Moments Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    800 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.